By Michael Dorausch, D.C. 1 in 8, that is the estimated number of Americans that seek out a drug after seeing it advertised in a television commercial. Drug advertising has apparently been so successful for the pharmaceutical industry that they now have a $3 billion advertising budget. But medical doctors are feeling the squeeze and
By Stew Bittman, D.C. I don’t believe I ever read the entire book, but I know that Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities” begins with the famous phrase, “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times”. Maybe I never finished the book because I didn’t understand the first line. Now, I
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Federal health economists report today that for the first time in almost a decade, expenditures on health have outpaced the growth of the U.S. economy. According to reports, this was the third year of accelerated growth in health-care spending, while the nation’s gross domestic product has began to shrink. According to
By now, many of you have heard or read the news regarding the five young children that had been drowned by their mother in Houston, Texas, last Wednesday. A recent article published in the Dallas morning news stated that the mother, “had taken a number of anti-depressant and anti-psychotic medications since the birth of her
According to an article published on Excite News, Senators Chris Dodd (D-Connecticut) and Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) are pushing to renew a 1997 law that will encourage drug makers to increase testing of drugs on children. The bill, known as the “Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act” would renew the old law for another six years and
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. 1 in 8, that is the estimated number of Americans that seek out a drug after seeing it advertised in a television commercial. Drug advertising has apparently been so successful for the pharmaceutical industry that they now have a $3 billion advertising budget. But medical doctors are feeling the squeeze and
By Stew Bittman, D.C. I don’t believe I ever read the entire book, but I know that Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities” begins with the famous phrase, “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times”. Maybe I never finished the book because I didn’t understand the first line. Now, I
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Federal health economists report today that for the first time in almost a decade, expenditures on health have outpaced the growth of the U.S. economy. According to reports, this was the third year of accelerated growth in health-care spending, while the nation’s gross domestic product has began to shrink. According to
By now, many of you have heard or read the news regarding the five young children that had been drowned by their mother in Houston, Texas, last Wednesday. A recent article published in the Dallas morning news stated that the mother, “had taken a number of anti-depressant and anti-psychotic medications since the birth of her
According to an article published on Excite News, Senators Chris Dodd (D-Connecticut) and Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) are pushing to renew a 1997 law that will encourage drug makers to increase testing of drugs on children. The bill, known as the “Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act” would renew the old law for another six years and